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holly raising two children. and if petraeus was celebrated for military discipline, for holly, it was devotion. often there, as troops came home, hugging soldiers as if they were family. she now holds a federal role, helping returning service members find financial security and fight off banks that prey on them while they're away. >> i'm also a long-time military spouse. >> reporter: army wives have said "she's one of us." just this year, she spoke about her favorite poem, and it's premise. >> life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how i react to it. >> reporter: holly petraeus' chosen words there. "newsweek" publishing a list of general david petraeus' roles for living on the daily beast website. number five, we will all make mistakes. the key to recognizing them and admitting them and to learn from them and take off the rear view mirror, drive on, avoid making them again. >> loyal soldiers have read all of them. thank you, david. >>> as we said, jake tapper is back, because there was other news from the white
holly raising two children. and if petraeus was celebrated for military discipline, for holly, it was devotion. often there, as troops came home, hugging soldiers as if they were family. she now holds a federal role, helping returning service members find financial security and fight off banks that prey on them while they're away. >> i'm also a long-time military spouse. >> reporter: army wives have said "she's one of us." just this year, she spoke about her favorite poem,...
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holly has been an outspokened a ve kate for the troops. she sort of waded in to political waters at times on behalf of the troops. president obama invoked her name where richard cordray when his nomination held up by members of congress he invoked holly's name and cited her saying she's been working to make sure our armed forces personnel aren't taken advantage of. in fact, when daivd petraeus returned from iraq four years ago, he said, he called holly the greatest source of support, wise council and love that any soldier could have. it seemed to be a rock-solid marriage to everyone who saw it from afar. >> apparently not. chris lawrence, do me a favor. stand by. we have suzanne kelly standing by who broke the news. wolf blitzer, let me bring you in. i'm sure you have spoken to general petraeus and know his wife holly. chris lawrence said people at d.o.d. are totally surprised. why, if you are having an afair, granted it is wrong but why does it mean you lose your job? >> when you are the head of the cia, that potentially compromise the di
holly has been an outspokened a ve kate for the troops. she sort of waded in to political waters at times on behalf of the troops. president obama invoked her name where richard cordray when his nomination held up by members of congress he invoked holly's name and cited her saying she's been working to make sure our armed forces personnel aren't taken advantage of. in fact, when daivd petraeus returned from iraq four years ago, he said, he called holly the greatest source of support, wise...
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stay with us. >> you look great, holly. and stake around for the native pride dancers, telling stories of first nation communities through dance. they're performing for us coming up at 9:45. what a treat. we'll be right back. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> necessarily is offering full refunds on their nes quick recall. >>> the online retail giant is launching amazon wine, just in time for the holiday season. shoppers can find a selection of thousands of wines in a dozen states. for now only residents in a handful of states and d.c. as well can order wine through amazon.com. >>> our nation's service members can eat for free on veterans day. oliver garden will have a com
stay with us. >> you look great, holly. and stake around for the native pride dancers, telling stories of first nation communities through dance. they're performing for us coming up at 9:45. what a treat. we'll be right back. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center...
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, is with me here today, she has hung tough. >> reporter: holly is a part of the finance bureau, working there with elizabeth warren. earlier this year, david petraeus was the subject of another biography, by paula broadwell. >> when i was in kabul, i would do a lot of interviews on runs. >> reporter: nbc news confirmed that the fbi opened investigations into whether or not broadwell had access to e-mails or other computer information. officials say petraeus called and asked to see the president thursday, acknowledged the situation and offered to resign. the president asked him for 24 hours to consider the situation. today, while juggling the economic speech, he called and thanked him for extraordinary service to the united states for decades, and wishing him and his family the very best. >> from their perspective, the trust simply was lost. and you can't have a cia director when there is not perfect trust. >> reporter: diana feinstein called it an enormous loss's saying i wish he had not done it, but i understand. taking over, the highly respected deputy, michael moral. there will be me
, is with me here today, she has hung tough. >> reporter: holly is a part of the finance bureau, working there with elizabeth warren. earlier this year, david petraeus was the subject of another biography, by paula broadwell. >> when i was in kabul, i would do a lot of interviews on runs. >> reporter: nbc news confirmed that the fbi opened investigations into whether or not broadwell had access to e-mails or other computer information. officials say petraeus called and asked...
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holly morris is with them in gaithersburg. this is quite a treat. >> reporter: this is quite a treat. it is no small task to be named the best marching band in the state. and that's what happened last weekend for these young kids, young talented kids i should say. not the first time, though. they won the state title in '04, '08 and this year. clearly excellence is tradition. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: seems like you're on the presidential election path, every four years. >> yeah. >> reporter: for people who don't understand the difference between a marching band and competitive marching band, kind of explain. >> sure, the biggest difference is attention to detail. we spend from august through november really focusing on the details of showmanship, musicality and excellence in performs. >> reporter: tell us about your show. >> we wanted to go with a rock and roll theme to get our audience pumped up. we have three songs we work on, and it's all american nightmare, stairway to heaven and thanks for the
holly morris is with them in gaithersburg. this is quite a treat. >> reporter: this is quite a treat. it is no small task to be named the best marching band in the state. and that's what happened last weekend for these young kids, young talented kids i should say. not the first time, though. they won the state title in '04, '08 and this year. clearly excellence is tradition. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: seems like you're on the presidential election...
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moving on to officer holly lawrence. her work is so inspiring to me. i read a story in texas and expulsions and suspensions are a direct pipeline to the juvenile justice system and the punitive approach doesn't fix anything. i can happily point you to that study and makes cases against that school discipline, but holly has come up with a really wonderful solution within law enforcement that we would love you to talk about and it's preventive and solution. >> thank you. it's not going to be a shock to you that i don't have a sizzle reel but i did manage to get a few powerpoint slides in so it's a good thing if i can get my next one. can you advance it for me please? so it is a safety course that i created with yahoo. we partnered together. i started asking questions the first day so my boots are on the ground and i'm in the schools and i love doing what i do, and i believe wholeheartedly and i believe it was the soft power -- yes, i love it. i think it's effective in so many ways, so i had luckily teamed up with the right people at yahoo who were really
moving on to officer holly lawrence. her work is so inspiring to me. i read a story in texas and expulsions and suspensions are a direct pipeline to the juvenile justice system and the punitive approach doesn't fix anything. i can happily point you to that study and makes cases against that school discipline, but holly has come up with a really wonderful solution within law enforcement that we would love you to talk about and it's preventive and solution. >> thank you. it's not going to...
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going forward my thoughts and prayers are withday and holly petraeus who has done so much to help military families through her own work and i wish them best at this difficult time." the resignation comes five days before he was to testify before the house and intelligence committee investigating the murder of ambassador in benghazi and three other. he will not be testifying but lawmakers want to hear from him at some time. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they were stunned by the news today. they did not see it coming. many release statements praising petraeus, his years of service to the country. sources close to petraeus say he is adamant about this was his decision, not pressured. it had nothing to do with benghazi and he was looking forward to testifying. the timing of his resignation, raised eyebrows around washington today is. >> andrea: thank you, bret baier will have more in the next hour on "special report." kimberly, i talked to somebody close to david petraeus a couple of hours ago who had spoken with general petraeus. he said he said he was adamant about this had nothi
going forward my thoughts and prayers are withday and holly petraeus who has done so much to help military families through her own work and i wish them best at this difficult time." the resignation comes five days before he was to testify before the house and intelligence committee investigating the murder of ambassador in benghazi and three other. he will not be testifying but lawmakers want to hear from him at some time. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they were stunned by the...
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holly petraeus knows what military wives and military families go through during these separations. this is something she has seen over the years. very difficult situation, really hard to explain. he was always the four-star general even while he was cia director. perhaps as so many four-star generals in the past became a bit isolated, a bit too much surrounded by close confidants, maybe didn't see the big picture or the stress he might have been under perhaps. >> perhaps. gloria, you know a lot of folks are immediately talking about the timing of this resignation. >> right. >> coming just a few days after the president was re-elected. coming just on the eve of major hearings involving the benghazi. >> right. >> -- the failed operation over there. what are you hearing? >> that's the one question senator finestein had. she says i don't understand the timing of this. she pointed out, yes, there are hearings coming up next week. she does -- there are questions about that. what she did say is kind of interesting to me about general petraeus is that she said he actually loved the job. sh
holly petraeus knows what military wives and military families go through during these separations. this is something she has seen over the years. very difficult situation, really hard to explain. he was always the four-star general even while he was cia director. perhaps as so many four-star generals in the past became a bit isolated, a bit too much surrounded by close confidants, maybe didn't see the big picture or the stress he might have been under perhaps. >> perhaps. gloria, you...
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holly has done a lot with military families. sad part of this story. michael morrell takes over as c.i.a. we don't know the extent of how active they are but one would think they're very active all over the world. >> the agency, yeah, of course. this has to be demoralizing to the rank and file in the agency. they have been through a lot of directors in recent years and hear your top man was involved in something like this, doing something that you, in the rank and file would have been disciplined for. >> there is the timing aroundbe the election. if the reason he resign and i believe it is, he felt he had done something he needed to as a matter of honor resign over and also the fact that keeper of secret he is had been compromised, why if this had been going on and known by the f.b.i. is there a resignation that waits until election day. compromise the country as a result of the compromise. the resignation has to come right away. if it's held up to election day that means again the charge at the white house levied against republicans for months politic
holly has done a lot with military families. sad part of this story. michael morrell takes over as c.i.a. we don't know the extent of how active they are but one would think they're very active all over the world. >> the agency, yeah, of course. this has to be demoralizing to the rank and file in the agency. they have been through a lot of directors in recent years and hear your top man was involved in something like this, doing something that you, in the rank and file would have been...
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petraeus has been married for 37 years to holly petraeus who he met while a cadet at the u.s. naval academy in west point. he took the helm of the cia in september of 2011. in a statement late this afternoon the president thanked petraeus for his service adding, quote, i have the outmost confidence in acting director michael morel and the men and women who work every day to keep our nation safe. going forward, my thoughts and prays are with dave and holly petraeus who have done so much to help military families that their own work. petraeus took every the cia in september of 2011. of course, the political implications of all of this cannot be overlooked. the obama administration was already under intense scrutiny following the benghazi attack and possible leaks of intelligence information from operations in yemen. new questions now likely are to surface whether or not petraeus' affair may have compromised his position over the last years. >> there is also the issue of the fiscal cliff. both president obama and house speaker john boehner today came out warning the consequences
petraeus has been married for 37 years to holly petraeus who he met while a cadet at the u.s. naval academy in west point. he took the helm of the cia in september of 2011. in a statement late this afternoon the president thanked petraeus for his service adding, quote, i have the outmost confidence in acting director michael morel and the men and women who work every day to keep our nation safe. going forward, my thoughts and prays are with dave and holly petraeus who have done so much to help...
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i'm holly morris. we are running out the -- rounding out the week on a musical high note. it is with great pleasure i introduce to you the maryland state marching band champs, the quince orchard marching accusing afters! ♪ >> reporter: cougars. they won best visual, best guard, best percussion. so this morning we're giving them their spotlight. we're going to talk with the band leader and the drum major and check in with some of the students and find out what it's like to be on the field and how they all work together in precision. then if i'm lucky they say i might be able to put on a band uniform. i think it will be the perfect way to end out the week. >> remember, more cow bells. they can give you the cow bells. >> reporter: that's on my resume. i'll tell them. >> were you in the band? >> i played the trumpet. >> all right. you know what's going on. >> i know a little bit about what's going on. >> time to say hello to our fan of the day. it's katherine fisher. she says she's been watching since she was a kid. she was watching on snow days hoping to see her school pop
i'm holly morris. we are running out the -- rounding out the week on a musical high note. it is with great pleasure i introduce to you the maryland state marching band champs, the quince orchard marching accusing afters! ♪ >> reporter: cougars. they won best visual, best guard, best percussion. so this morning we're giving them their spotlight. we're going to talk with the band leader and the drum major and check in with some of the students and find out what it's like to be on the...
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from princeton, holly informs twas in the consu advocate office. this is a terrible personal tragedy all around. >> indeed. andre andrea, thank you. >> you bet. >> we'll get back to the markets here. let me look around. yes, we're starting to come back a little bit here as we head toward the close. about 45 minutes left. the dow up 11 points. >> meanwhile, j.c. benny in the news. the sales plunged again. so is the stock today. apple also seeing its stock sliding recently. up next, could jcpenney actually be a better buy than apple? this you have to hear. >> yes, you do. also, our very own herb greenberg has been a long-time defender of ron johnson. now even he is starting to have some doubts. herb will join us later on "closing bell" coming up. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. ♪ make it worth watching. ♪ the new 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new pursuit. >>> jcpenney tumbling more than 4% today after the big earnings miss. apple entered bear market territory today, being down 20% from thei
from princeton, holly informs twas in the consu advocate office. this is a terrible personal tragedy all around. >> indeed. andre andrea, thank you. >> you bet. >> we'll get back to the markets here. let me look around. yes, we're starting to come back a little bit here as we head toward the close. about 45 minutes left. the dow up 11 points. >> meanwhile, j.c. benny in the news. the sales plunged again. so is the stock today. apple also seeing its stock sliding...
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holly petraeus is the assistant director of the u.s. consumer and financial protection agency and has built a reputation fighting for the rights of military families. >> outside the gates of military installations there's usually a strip out there with the buy here, pay here car dealers, the check cashing, the payday loans, the pawn shops. always for them to basically cut into their paycheck by taking out debt to buy things. >> reporter: her work has been to protect those families. >> i realize some of what you're going through. >> reporter: under a national spotlight it is her own family in need of help and protection. she knows of military honor. she was the daughter of the commadant at west point where she met petraeus. >> what more can you tell us about the reputation of david petraeus and why did he have to quit, gary? >> reporter: a couple things. this is a man who literally rewrote the book on how the military deals with counter insurgency. he changed the strategy in iraq and turned that war around, largely responsible for the su
holly petraeus is the assistant director of the u.s. consumer and financial protection agency and has built a reputation fighting for the rights of military families. >> outside the gates of military installations there's usually a strip out there with the buy here, pay here car dealers, the check cashing, the payday loans, the pawn shops. always for them to basically cut into their paycheck by taking out debt to buy things. >> reporter: her work has been to protect those families....
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mihm thoughts and prayers are with david and holly petraeus. i wish them the best at this difficult time. the president bringing in holly petraeus to his comments and wishing them both the back. you heard them talking about act i director michael morrell. he is a career agency officer, started out an analyst with the cia. so someone who has years of experience within the agency and bhos sort of ready to make this transition moving forward. they're under scrutiny given what happened in benghazi and all of the questions surrounding the handling of that incident. >> back to you. >> thank you very much. i want to bring in jonathan allen. your reaction to these developments? >> look, obviously on a personal level there's a lot of difficulty for the petraeus family. you know, in terms of the politics, this is a situation where obviously the president wants to put somebody in there pretty quickly to replace him. you know, i was listening a little earlier, some suggestions of folks or types of folks that might comment. certainly there are a number of o
mihm thoughts and prayers are with david and holly petraeus. i wish them the best at this difficult time. the president bringing in holly petraeus to his comments and wishing them both the back. you heard them talking about act i director michael morrell. he is a career agency officer, started out an analyst with the cia. so someone who has years of experience within the agency and bhos sort of ready to make this transition moving forward. they're under scrutiny given what happened in benghazi...
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dave steer to her right is from facebook and next to him is officer holly lawrence, sunny valley of public safety, digital safety program and she's going to talk about which is a powerful thing going national. and next -- is brian here? no. okay. all right. so we're all set and mia i would like you to enlighten us more in all that you're doing in social emotional learning. >> sure. i had some slides but i'm not sure -- no, we have a handout that went around to you and more detail about what social emotional learning is because i think we rise a little bit today and i came from seattle and i know many people have brought up that term today and i get the sense from this group that you're at kind of a high level of discourse and you have a general understanding. could i see a show of hands for those of you that social emotional learning is a familiar term? and those that feel you have a deep understanding of it? okay. great. thank you. i want to introduce myself a little more so you have the context of what i do. i work for a nonprofit in seattle "committee for children" and we have been arou
dave steer to her right is from facebook and next to him is officer holly lawrence, sunny valley of public safety, digital safety program and she's going to talk about which is a powerful thing going national. and next -- is brian here? no. okay. all right. so we're all set and mia i would like you to enlighten us more in all that you're doing in social emotional learning. >> sure. i had some slides but i'm not sure -- no, we have a handout that went around to you and more detail about...
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petraeus met his wife holly when he was a cadet at west point. she's a top appointee at the new consumer protection financial bureau. petraeus often describes her as "bright, nice, and a pit bull. someone you want in your corner." the deputy director of the c.i.a., michael more thell has been described as acting director, white house officials describe him as a total pro, an all star who advised the president on his decision to raid osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. so morell it would seem is on the short list to replace petraeus. white house officials insist tonight, scott, they knew nothing about petraeus' infidelity or this f.b.i. investigation until wednesday, the day after the presidential election. >> pelley: nancy, thanks very much. we're joined by senior conquer respondent john miller, who's been talking to his sources on the story. john, why would the f.b.i. be investigating the communications of the director of the c.i.a.? >> normally that wouldn't be the case. what is much more likely here is that the communications of someone el
petraeus met his wife holly when he was a cadet at west point. she's a top appointee at the new consumer protection financial bureau. petraeus often describes her as "bright, nice, and a pit bull. someone you want in your corner." the deputy director of the c.i.a., michael more thell has been described as acting director, white house officials describe him as a total pro, an all star who advised the president on his decision to raid osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. so morell it...
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sunnyvale safety and police department have been really spectacular and have spearheaded this with officer holly lawrence. she has the program, it's in place, we call it train the trainer where we train other police officers to take it back to their counties. it's a spectacular program and is available now. >> so we don't have to wait. >> a good thing about the digital age is we're going to take some of the best practices, we're going to make it available. you get school officials to think how does this fit into the queue of things i did and should be doing, tlau our web site, focus of expertise and other places, indicate what are those programs that work that help students understand the issue, help the adults, we have 330,000 teachers, as you say, cheryl, how do we get to the 330,000 teachers, the training for this. but with digital sharing of best practices i think we can get there. as rob was mentioning, there are great programs that emerge from often tragedies but they bring the community together. the movie bullying has a couple of those instances aware of and san mateo's respect everyone
sunnyvale safety and police department have been really spectacular and have spearheaded this with officer holly lawrence. she has the program, it's in place, we call it train the trainer where we train other police officers to take it back to their counties. it's a spectacular program and is available now. >> so we don't have to wait. >> a good thing about the digital age is we're going to take some of the best practices, we're going to make it available. you get school officials...
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he has been married to his wife, holly, for more than 37 years. richard reeve has reacted to this shocking revelation of. >> maureen, we are getting word in more. they are reporting revelations was discovered in the course of an fbi investigation. it's unclear why the feds were investigating. a lot of people we spoke with say they are simply stunned by the resignation and the reason behind it. cia director, army commander in iraq and afghanistan, had a distinguished career. in a move that
he has been married to his wife, holly, for more than 37 years. richard reeve has reacted to this shocking revelation of. >> maureen, we are getting word in more. they are reporting revelations was discovered in the course of an fbi investigation. it's unclear why the feds were investigating. a lot of people we spoke with say they are simply stunned by the resignation and the reason behind it. cia director, army commander in iraq and afghanistan, had a distinguished career. in a move that
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going forward my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus who has done so much to help military families through her own work. i wish them the very best at this difficult time." he was slated to testify next week on the deadly attack of the u.s. embassy and benghazi, libya. no word if that resignation will have any impact on that in absence, the current director will serve as director. much more on this story on nbcwashington.com. keith russell, news 4. >>> now to our other big story this afternoon, gunfire near the white house. and now police are warning the public about what the victims did. the commotion started on the 1800 block of jefferson place and ended near the white house this morning. as the victims rolled up to secret service officers with a bullet hole in their windshield and asked for help. jackie benson is live at the scene. >> jackie, what can you tell us about this brazen robbery and just how it unfolded. >> i can tell you, when you see one of the bulletholes in this vehicle, you realize this was a close call. now, what we're told is that a group of men said the
going forward my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus who has done so much to help military families through her own work. i wish them the very best at this difficult time." he was slated to testify next week on the deadly attack of the u.s. embassy and benghazi, libya. no word if that resignation will have any impact on that in absence, the current director will serve as director. much more on this story on nbcwashington.com. keith russell, news 4. >>> now to our...
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after his boss won re-election and president obama accepted it saying about petraeus and his wife, holly, i wish them the very best at this difficult time. >> it's a lite bit too soon to tell today because of how sudden this was. but for lack of a better term, petraeus is a legend one of the few generals to get so much credit for so many things. >> reporter: scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings on the terrorist attack in september and the american embassy in benghazi, libya, that left four americans dead, including ambassador chris stevens. >> so, this is really probably the most politically uncomfortable. just on the benghazi question, the most politically uncomfortable moment the guy has had since he reached the national stage. had to be a really hard time for him. >> reporter: the resignation of the highly decorated former combat commander caught even washington, d.c., off guard. nbc news. >>> the resignation of general petraeus raises a whole lot of questions. david gregory of "meet the press" joins us now with more on the potential fallout from the cia director's resign
after his boss won re-election and president obama accepted it saying about petraeus and his wife, holly, i wish them the very best at this difficult time. >> it's a lite bit too soon to tell today because of how sudden this was. but for lack of a better term, petraeus is a legend one of the few generals to get so much credit for so many things. >> reporter: scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings on the terrorist attack in september and the american embassy in benghazi,...
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going forward, my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus, who has done so much to help military families throughout her own work." president obama does not specifically reference the affair that director petraeus says that he had in his resignation letter. just his thoughts and prayers go out to the petraeus family. this comes at a time when the obama administration is under intense scrutiny for the benghazi attack that left four americans dead, including ambassador stevens. he was expected to testify next week and that is now not going to hoopen. i just want to make one note about the acting director, michael morell he is someone who is a career agency officer. someone who the president has a lot of confidence in and, according to the administration official, this is someone who was deeply engaged in the planning and effort to take down osama bin laden and who briefed the president regularly, so it really bolstered the president's confidence in him. right now he is serving as acting director and, again, just stunning news developing here on this friday afternoon. jim,
going forward, my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus, who has done so much to help military families throughout her own work." president obama does not specifically reference the affair that director petraeus says that he had in his resignation letter. just his thoughts and prayers go out to the petraeus family. this comes at a time when the obama administration is under intense scrutiny for the benghazi attack that left four americans dead, including ambassador stevens....
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his wife hollies a the daughter of the superintendent of the military academy. great loss to the cia, to the country. very sad for the family and for the government and for the country. >> one assumes though, colonel, that given his position as heading what is obviously known as the silent service, that this kind of indiscretion in and of itself is something that many people sadly it happens in their lives but in relation to his position it made it impossible -- >> well, yeah, it would be i impossible, especially now, especially in the circumstance in which the united states is under great threat and there's a wide variety of threats. there are problems between the executive branch and the congress in funding and so forth. you know, somebody once said not that long ago and says it repeatedly, if you fire at everybody who had had an indiscretion in washington, there would be absolutely left in town, but general petraeus and the cia are totally and completely different. a lot of it has to do with our expectations, particularly of the man, not just the position as
his wife hollies a the daughter of the superintendent of the military academy. great loss to the cia, to the country. very sad for the family and for the government and for the country. >> one assumes though, colonel, that given his position as heading what is obviously known as the silent service, that this kind of indiscretion in and of itself is something that many people sadly it happens in their lives but in relation to his position it made it impossible -- >> well, yeah, it...
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going forward my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus who have done so much to help military families through her own work. i wish them the best at this difficult time." back to the chief white house correspondent. the president issued a statement. are we learning anymore about the timeline? >>reporter: we know that it appears this was a meeting yesterday between the president and the c.i.a. director, to discussion this, that precipitated everything that happened today. but i would note there are transitions at the beginning of any second term anyway so it is possible there would be shuffled and speculation that undersecretary at secretary of state would leave whether the secretary of defense would leave, but all of the national security challenges this president is facing headed into the second term and now, more than ever, he needs strong intelligence of what is really happening on the ground especially in the middle east but all around the world and i suspect the last thing the white house wanted to do right now was to look for a new c.i.a. director when they have
going forward my thoughts and prayers are with dave and holly petraeus who have done so much to help military families through her own work. i wish them the best at this difficult time." back to the chief white house correspondent. the president issued a statement. are we learning anymore about the timeline? >>reporter: we know that it appears this was a meeting yesterday between the president and the c.i.a. director, to discussion this, that precipitated everything that happened...
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suarez: the stunning news came just 14 months after petraeus was sworn in as cia director, his wife holly at his side. today, petraeus announced his resignation in a statement to the agency's employees, saying: "after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." the retired four-star general said he went to the white house yesterday, met with president obama, and asked to resign for "personal reasons". the president made no mention of the matter at his own white house event today, and press secretary jay carney declined to comment. >> the president thinks petraeus is doing an excellent job. i have no personnel details at this time. >> suarez: later, the president confirmed in a statement that he'd accepted the resignation. he said: "david petraeus has provided extraordinary service to the united states for decades. by any measure, he was one of the outstanding general officers of his generation." petraeus served more than three de
suarez: the stunning news came just 14 months after petraeus was sworn in as cia director, his wife holly at his side. today, petraeus announced his resignation in a statement to the agency's employees, saying: "after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." the retired four-star general said he went to the white house...
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we should point out that his wife, holly petraeus, worked in the consumer advocacy agency for the administration and had been the deputy -- one of the deputies under elizabeth warren and is well-known and well regarded as a consumer advocate. tamron. >> as you pointed out, this is news of both a personal and professional consequences for general david petraeus, a man greatly admired for serving this country and leading our troops through very difficult years both in iraq and afghanistan. i do have to ask the question, however, given the timing of the cia, the investigation into benghazi, you will have people who are cynical and skeptical and say, is this exclusively about this personal issue, or this ongoing investigation in benghazi? i'm asking this because you and i both know the world we live in will be a question posed. >> there will be a lot of questions asked. at this point we all have to take a deep breath. general petraeus is a ph.d. from princeton and a west point graduate and led our force rs in iraq and afghanistan. he did not have an easy relationship with president obama when candid
we should point out that his wife, holly petraeus, worked in the consumer advocacy agency for the administration and had been the deputy -- one of the deputies under elizabeth warren and is well-known and well regarded as a consumer advocate. tamron. >> as you pointed out, this is news of both a personal and professional consequences for general david petraeus, a man greatly admired for serving this country and leading our troops through very difficult years both in iraq and afghanistan....
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barclays like holly frontier. >> i like refiners, a lot of oil. >> we'll talk to diageo next hour. >> do you know the indian market is the biggest whisky drinking market in the world? bril yat move by diageo. >> marathon? >> eagle for assets. i like this call. >> we didn't do enough on invidia. >> that's graphics for video chips. >> zipcar -- >> this company disappointed, disappointed. we need a little chart -- i'm sorry to crowd your space there. right here is when things got so negative you went up. that's how a bottom is formed. >> all right. 16% move there. we got about 45 seconds to talk about -- >> i'm so excited. >> yeah, tonight is big. >> salute to veterans on the show. this is important. we do it every single year, november 11th. well, because of veterans day. fabulous piece in "new york" magazine, we're going to thank him for his work. america didn't. i think he's a miracle worker. i'm going to ask him about sandy. how are the losses of sandy? initially he said things aren't that bad. and about the resurrection of a company that had been left for dead, done by this man, and
barclays like holly frontier. >> i like refiners, a lot of oil. >> we'll talk to diageo next hour. >> do you know the indian market is the biggest whisky drinking market in the world? bril yat move by diageo. >> marathon? >> eagle for assets. i like this call. >> we didn't do enough on invidia. >> that's graphics for video chips. >> zipcar -- >> this company disappointed, disappointed. we need a little chart -- i'm sorry to crowd your space...